Alex Shoumatoff Quotes

The plumbing and pluvial dynamics of the Amazon, the largest freshwater system on Earth, are still far from understood. This is partly because it is a semi-open system. Moisture flows in and out unpredictably. A lot of nonlinear feedback loops and 'remote influences' - continental, transcontinental, oceanic, meteorological - come into play.

Alex Shoumatoff

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 4, 1946

Topics

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In my day, MI6 - which I called the Circus in the books - stank of wartime nostalgia. People were defined by secret cachet: one man did something absolutely extraordinary in Norway; another was the darling of the French Resistance. We didn't even show passes to go in and out of the building.

John le Carre

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The old system, the War on Drugs, was a train wreck.

John Hickenlooper

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The things I do outside of playing the piano are done out of an inner necessity, not just because I want to try my hand at different things.

Stephen Hough

Just BecauseDoneWantHandTryOut

We need a strong civil society where the connection between different people and groups is firm and vibrant, not brittle and divided.

Stanley A. McChrystal

PeopleSocietyStrongConnection

I'm definitely one of those actresses who comes to a set knowing how I want to do a scene, and I definitely love input from my directors and my writers. I know that there's some actors who like to be left alone, they like to be very independent, but I actually really enjoy the teamwork.

Summer Glau

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My body started to shut down. I got really, really ill. When you're starving yourself, you can't concentrate. I was like a walking zombie, like the walking dead. I was just consumed with what I would eat, what I wouldn't eat.

Tracey Gold

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The world isn't always great.

Travis Kalanick

GreatWorldAlways

When the show started out, it was like all of a sudden we had to do 35 episodes and we had just a month and a half to write them, and it took me a while to realize that I was in charge.

Mike Judge

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I don't think any other holiday embraces the food of the Midwest quite like Thanksgiving. There's roasted meat and mashed potatoes. But being here is also about heritage. Cleveland is really a giant melting pot - not only is my family a melting pot, but so is the city.

Michael Symon

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By December 2009, I had come to terms with my gender identity just as I was deployed to Iraq.

Chelsea Manning

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I love helping people; just being of service makes me happy!

Cory Hardrict

LoveServiceHappyPeopleMeJust

I remember sitting in school and thinking, 'I don't know why I'm here, because I know I'm going to act and I know I'm going to America.'

Archie Panjabi

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